Dioecious
Dioecious translates from Latin to mean, "two houses". Dioecious plants have flowers of only one sex per plant, such as ginkgo and holly. See: Monoecious; Perfect Flowers, Imperfect Flowers Complete Flowers, Incomplete Flowers (revised 2-94)
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